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Product Review: Benefit Badgal Mascara in Plum
As far as cult beauty buys go Benefit's Badgal Lash mascara, (£14.50), has long been a contender for the prize for the best mascara out there. If you want big, bad lashes in the darkest coal black this is your girl. Now in the wake of the coloured mascara trend, they've launched a version in deep plum.
Do You Wear Coloured Mascara?
Once thought of as a terrible beauty crime, coloured mascara is making something of a comeback. Witness celebrities like Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Princess Eugenie working the coloured lashes look (albeit with fakes). Mascara in shades ranging from flattering navy blue and deep brown to this season's plum and dark olive, are back on the beauty agenda.
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How-To: Drew Barrymore's Fine Tuned Makeup
Last night in Hollywood, Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale and Robert De Niro arrived at the premiere of their new movie Everybody's Fine looking glamorous as can be. To honour the occasion, Drew even matched her lips to the red carpet standing out in a beautiful purple gown paired with polished hair and smooth, flawless, even skin. To shop some product suggestions for her makeup look, check out the ShopstyleUK widget below:
And, if that's not enough, to learn how you can recreate Drew's red carpet makeup at home by following these step by step directions, just read more
Backstage Pass To LFW Spring 2010: Ziad Ghanem
During Fashion Week and especially in London, you see a lot of things. Some of the beauty looks are edgy and have that certain British je ne sais quoi, whilst other shows exhibit a and polished and safer style of hair and makeup that you might expect to see from the high fashion catwalks. However, at Vauxhall Fashion Scout, a location for up and coming designers on the cusp of hitting the big time BFC tents — anything goes!
Backstage Pass To LFW Spring 2010: Mattijis
On Friday afternoon, the buzz backstage at the Mattijis van Bergen show all about a creating a fun loving, sexy and Summery feel. Hair was pulled back and teased in the front to create a kind of frizzy, wind-blown effect, whilst makeup was controlled yet luminous using toned down metallics. My pal, the friendly makeup artist Rachel Wood said,
"Because the designer is using copper and bronze jewellery, I wanted to complement the look and accent the eyes with that same colour scheme.
Trend Alert: Pink Eye Shadow For Spring
After looking at photos of show after show of barely made up, fresh faces on the Spring 2010 NY catwalks, it came as a fun surprise to spot a slew of gals wearing punchy pink eyeshadow. To pull off this look in a wearable way, the rest of the face needs to remain relatively tame, with gently accented pale pink blusher, black eyeliner and of course lots of mascara.
Lips can be pink, nude or bare, but foundation should be smooth and clean.
Declaring Indigo Totally Blue Me Away
New for Autumn 2009 is the Lancôme Declaring Indigo Collection created by famed and funky makeup artist Aaron De Mey. It consists of fifteen new colours and two brushes with a definitive, bold and courageous yet wearable palettes of electric blues, golds and reds. It was inspired by Brigitte Bardot and Simpone de Beauvior, French women with a spirited and sexy, unconventional style.
How To: Get January Jones's Cocktail Chic Makeup Look
Last night at the TCA AMC cocktail reception in California, actress January Jones arrived in a cutesy black-bow frock with her hair styled in a chic coif and perfectly flawless makeup. January always looks amazing, but I like how her makeup isn't too overdone here. With some filler on her brows, a dewy base, a touch of black liner, mascara and finally a tomato red lipstick, this siren makes getting red carpet ready look as easy as pie!
Behind The Scenes at the 2009 Cosmopolitan Beauty Awards
On Tuesday morning, at the Kensington Roof Gardens in London, Cosmopolitan UK threw the 7th annual beauty awards bash of the year! Besides the flowing array of nibbles, coffee and tea, 82 products (and their trophy's) were showcased around the room for editors, PR's and guests to admire and test. Justine Southall (pictured on the far right), Cosmo's Publishing Director spoke about the state of affairs at the magazine whilst Ingborg Van Lotringen, Cosmo's Beauty Director presented the two newest awards for Breakthrough Product to Clairol Perfect 10 and the Classic Award to The Body Shop Body Butters.
New Product Alert: Clinique Vitamin C Lip Smoothies
Just a few days ago I was introduced to my new lip obsession from Clinique called Vitamin C Lip Smoothie Antioxidant Lip Colour (£13.50). I've been using fig-a-licious, a medium rosey-berry hue with silver gitter particles. It's just about one shade deeper than my natural lip colour, so it gives me a perfectly fresh, minimalist makeup look when paired with two coats of black mascara and some blusher.
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